Involvement of the dihydropyridine receptor and internal Ca2+ stores in myoblast fusion

Experimental Cell Research
S Seigneurin-VeninLuis Garcia

Abstract

The process of myoblast fusion during skeletal myogenesis is calcium regulated. Both dihydropyridine receptor and ryanodine receptor are already present on muscle precursors, at the prefusional stage, before they are required for excitation-contraction coupling. Previous pharmacological studies have shown the need for a special pool of Ca2+ associated with the membrane for the fusion process to occur. We hypothesized that this pool of Ca2+ is mobilized via a machinery similar to that involved in excitation-contraction coupling. The process of fusion in rat L6 muscle precursors was either totally or partially abolished in the presence of the L-type calcium channel inhibitors SR33557 and nifedipine (half inhibition towards 2 microM), respectively. The inhibition was reversible and dose-dependent. Drugs able to deplete internal calcium stores (caffeine, ryanodine, and thapsigargin) were also tested on the fusion. Both caffeine and thapsigargin drastically inhibited fusion whereas ryanodine had no effect. This suggests that fusion may be controlled by internal pools of Ca2+ but that its regulation may be insensitive to ryanodine. We presumed that an early form of the ryanodine receptor may exist, with different pharmacological prop...Continue Reading

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